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PhD

noun PhDs

  1. alternative Alternative form of Ph.D. “Xuankun Li, who named the bee fly Paramonovius nightking, is a PhD student at CSIRO and a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ proving that inspiration for new species names can come from anywhere,” entomologist Dr. Bryan Lessard said in a statement.

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Closest in meaning: doctoral, doctorate, postgraduate, graduate, degree, diploma, dissertation, cae, commentary, thesis, third, diss, doctor, md, ph.d, dr.

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@misc{phd_2026,
  title = {PhD},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}